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Appalachian State

Appalachian State University · 2022 · Sun Belt

FanBoardHQ CFP
#81
Efficiency
-2.6
72nd FBS
Record
6-6
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-8th
of 14
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Appalachian State went 6-6 and was ranked 81st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 53rd-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 99th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 54th-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 52nd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
Q2
1-0
Q3
0-3
Q4
5-3

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 6.0 wins
Strength of Record
84th
-3.8 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
105th
full season
105th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
90th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~6.5 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs North CarolinaACC#37L 6163-4.00%1.9Q3
2@ Texas A&MSEC#68W 1714-10.5100%10.2Q2
3vs TroySun Belt#28W 3228-1.9100%4.3Q4
4vs James MadisonSun Belt#51L 2832-4.70%-1.1Q3
5vs The CitadelSouthernW 490+29.0100%12.9Q4
6@ Texas StateSun Belt#114L 2436+7.60%-36.3Q4
8vs Georgia StateSun Belt#105W 4217+6.4100%13.5Q4
9vs Robert MorrisBig SouthW 423+44.4100%-16.9Q4
10@ Coastal CarolinaSun Belt#66L 2835+3.30%-15.0Q4
11@ MarshallSun Belt#59L 2128-4.80%-8.2Q3
12vs Old DominionSun Belt#117W 2714+12.3100%9.7Q4
13@ Georgia SouthernSun Belt#92L 4851+2.10%-6.1Q4

12 played · 6-6. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Appalachian State, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-32.3-11.4+9.62104-113-3614-17-15-810-6Week 0Week 17
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 52nd
SR 79thYPP 30thEPA 51st
RushingEff 54th
SR 58thYPP 33rdEPA 58th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 84th
SR 78thYPP 70thEPA 96th
Rush defenseEff 69th
SR 48thYPP 52ndEPA 86th
Dropback rate 46%Tempo +1.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 64th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 42%1st2nd · Offense: 45%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 42%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 46%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 72.0Q1 · Allowed: 69.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 129.0Q2 · Allowed: 90.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 79.0Q3 · Allowed: 44.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 132.0Q4 · Allowed: 90.0Q4
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What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Appalachian State Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 53rd
+1.4
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: +1.8
Field position -0.4Finishing drives +1.8= +1.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 77th · Finishing 51st

Defensive EffRanked 99th
-4.7
Field position: -1.5Finishing drives: -3.1
Field position -1.5Finishing drives -3.1= -4.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 109th · Finishing 94th

2.76 points per drive on offense, 2.12 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 33.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(203)46% / 54%40%6.7
Q2(219)46% / 54%52%6.6
Q3(190)43% / 57%48%7.3
Q4(248)47% / 53%44%6.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(150)10.151%10.1
2nd(127)8.139%6.6
3rd(94)7.935%6.1
4th(21)4.748%5.4
All (392)43%7.7
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(240)9.747%6.1
2nd(145)7.051%6.0
3rd(67)5.345%4.9
4th(16)2.963%2.1
All (468)49%5.8

Appalachian State, all games.